Huck finn dialectical journal 1 essay

Huck uses similes such as “bright as glory” and “you’d hear the thunder…like rolling empty barrels down stairs” and personification such as “set the branches to tossing their arms.” These literary devices aid the imagery by providing description so the reader can better relate to what Huck is seeing and hearing.

This is one of many examples of imagery in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Huck and Jim are observing a storm from inside their cave on Jackson’s Island. Huck uses similes such as “bright as glory” and “you’d hear the thunder…like rolling empty barrels down stairs” and personification such as “set the branches to tossing their arms.”

The widow's view of God is a forgiving protector, contrary to Miss Watson's vision of a swift judge. This is possibly the first example of a situation in which Huck is internally conflicted so I will search for more of these situations to uncover the theme to the story.

While Huck is staying with the widow, he develops a sense of loneliness. He feels alone because both Miss Watson and the widow only reprimand him and he has no friends besides Tom Sawyer who, Huck feels, has deserted him. As seen in Shakespeare's Macbeth, the owl represents death which could possibly foreshadow an event to come.